Does the Attire and Style of Job Applicant Affect the Interviewer Perception?
Journal Title: Uluslararası Kültürel ve Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Next to primary factors directly affecting success in a professional work environment, there are numerous secondary factors which also contribute. External appearance, demeanour, manner of speech, body language are among them. In one’s mind only several minutes are sufficient to form an “image” of a person newly met. This period is filled with bidirectional messages involving appearance, posture and interaction. Appearance holds an important position within these first few minutes and may create an effect as much as 55% or more. The basic objective of this study is to determine how interviewers perceive the job applicants using differing attire types. This research is based on relevant studies and survey data obtained from 1232 women and man administrator in private(695) and public(537) sector active in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, the most populous cities of Turkiye. The Survey Method was used in our research. Due to richness of women’s attire in comparison to men’s, our study is limited to the women’s clothing styles. To avoid the effect of clothing color and facial expressions, the survey models were designed as drawings. Each model was accompanied by 28 adjectives. Survey participant administrators were requested to contemplate the attire types, consider their perceptions and describe the applicants according to adjectives provided. The data obtained were transferred to SPSS software package and incorporated to cross-tables formulated according to the sector types of interviewer administrators. The c² relationship analyses were used to measure the statistical correlation between business sector variables in the perception of clothing types. The study exhibited that attire types influenced the perception of individuals, and the differences in perception were the result of individuals’ gender, business sectors, opinions, life styles, and world perspectives.
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Saliha AGAC
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Does the Attire and Style of Job Applicant Affect the Interviewer Perception?
Next to primary factors directly affecting success in a professional work environment, there are numerous secondary factors which also contribute. External appearance, demeanour, manner of speech, body language are amon...